Painter&#39;s guard.



' A. Dvv. Wmv, sk. PAINTERS GUARD.

APPLI CAT|0N FILED AUG. I2, 1914. Lli@ .Patented 001.2631915.

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ALBERT nw. -WELTY, sa., or RENQ'NEVADL PAINTERS GUARD.

T0 all whom .it may concer/n: f

Be it known -that- I, ALBERT DE IVITT VELTY, Sr., a citizenjof the United States,

residing at Reno, in the county of Tashoe and Stateof Nevada, have invented certain 4new and useful Improvements in Paintersv` Guards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description 'struction to be held in one lia-nd b va painter to prevent daubing -paint upon the window. panes in painting the sash or to prevent smearing of paint on paper-ed. or calcimined walls in painting around the window frames 'br the base-board.

, Another object of the inventionis to provide a guard having ay plain sharp edge to bear against the edge of theA surface'tobe painted and said guard being provided'with grooves for catching the )aint which may be applied to the guard y accident and said grooves being of a fornito prevent the paint from-smearing the work.

The foregoing and other objects-ina;lv be' attained by means of the constructionl illustrated in the accompanying drawings, iny

Figure 1 is a frbnt-plan elevation of the painters guard. made vin accordance with.

this invention, Fig. 2 is a similar view in which the cover for the lower edge is removed, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the linel S-B'of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 4 is a, sec-' tional view taken on the line fli of Fig. .1,

- and-Fig. 5 is a detail sectional viewvof the -andthe front side is provided with grooves at the side, said grooves running from the' ^uter edges 4 of .the blade en d,in an inciiied direction Yand terminatlng at the end of a longitudinalgroove 5. The groove 5 ``is provided with an inclined wall 6, and an' inwardly and downwardly inclined bottom 7 Spec-iicatmn of Letters Patent.

, or other finished work,

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to prevent the paint from running overv the outer edge of the groove.- The rear side 2 at the' workingl edge is provided with a bevel and a sharp termina-l edge 9 which is straight from end to end of the tool and adapted to lie close to the edge ofthe surface to be protected.

A handle 10, preferablyround in cross section isV provided with a longitudinal 'groove inwliich theblade l is fitted. andrivets 11 extend through :the handle l() and. through the blade 'for holding the handle in place. 'Ihe 4working edge of the tool is provided with a protector. '12 which .may be formed either vof wood ormetal and providedl with' -a groovewhich would inclose the lower edge of the blade'. and thus prevent the same from being bent or injured when not required for use.

From4 the foregoing it .will be obvious that a p ainters guard made in accordance with this invention can be producedat low cost,is exceedingfv1 simple inconstruction. can be used to advantage b v amateur paint-'fl Patented 00ct.. 26., MM5. f' i Application i'iled August 12., 1.914.1 Serial No. 856,469. I

ers or housewives in doing 'painting about the window sashV and other places where the)T are liable to smear thewall papering ,Various changes may be made in the details of construction vwlthout departing from the` spirit and scope of the invention -as defined inthe claim.

What is claimed is:

A painters guard comprising 'a flat blade lhaving'a smooth surface upon one side and -provided with a bevel at its lower edge. the

opposite sid of the blade being provided with grooves extending from the outer edges of lthe blade linl an inclined direction. and a longitudinal groove disposed 'nearthe edge of the blade and terminating in the inclined grooves, said longitudinal groove comprisllng aninclined wall. and an inwardly and rearwardl)7 inclined rbottom. said' blade being provided with a handle.

In testimony whereof I affix mv signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT DW. WELTY, SR.l

A. A. Hieraan', -Dii WITT C. TURN-ER. v 

